View From The Tower            
                       
                       
                                          
 When I Got Home From Away, Climbed  All 
 The  Way  To  The Top,  And There  Was A 
 Bird In My  Room, Not Too Unreasonable A 
 Bird  But  Still An  Unwelcome  Guest At 
 This  Hour,  That  Had  Let Himself  In. 
                                          
 The  Window Was Open  And So  I Waved My 
 Arms And He Flew  Out.  But As Soon As I 
       Turned Around, HE Was Back.       
                                          
                                     
 I  Took   The   Jackdaw   By   My   Hand 
 Threw   It   Out   The    Window,    And 
       Into What I'M Shielded From        
    Watched Him Fall And Turned Around    
     Held His Gaze Throughout The Fall    
      In Spite He Did Not Move At All     
                                     
                                          
 I Heard The  Thump As He Hit The Ground. 
 My  Mother  Came Running.  "Angel!  What 
 Did You Do?"                             
                                          
 Don'T  Come  In Here,  I Wanted  To Say, 
 But  She Would Come Anyway And So I Kept 
 It  To   Myself.   "Are  You  Allright?" 
                                          
 "I  Hurt  A  Bird", And I Could See  Him 
 Through  The Windows, Trying To Fly With 
 His Wings Somehow  Inverted.  They Would 
 Not  Bear  Him, And He  Was  Infuriated.